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NCAD was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
See all of the rankings for Northwest College of Art & Design.
Northwest College of Art & Design has an acceptance rate of 72%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
The student to faculty ratio at Northwest College of Art & Design is 31 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Northwest College of Art & Design is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At NCAD this rate is 33%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Northwest College of Art & Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 101 undergraduates at NCAD with 90 being full-time and 11 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NCAD, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $5,230 a year. That adds up to $20,920 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NCAD is 7.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for NCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1126 Pacific Avenue, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA 98402 |
| Phone: | 253-272-1126 |
| Website: | https://ncad.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/NorthwestCollegeOfArtAndDesign |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 14 | $23,385 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
References
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